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A report released by the Labor Department last week revealed that retailers appear to be cutting worker hours at a rate unseen in more than 30 years. Additionally, the average workweek and weekly take-home pay is shrinking.
The reason? Beginning next year, job creators will face fines of $2,000 and in some instances up to $3,000 for every full-time worker who receives subsidized coverage in the exchanges created by Obamacare if qualifying coverage isn't available in the employee’s workplace.
Unable to afford the penalties under Obamacare, employers are reducing hours so that employees can be classified as “part-time,” which the health care law defines as anyone working less than 30 hours per week.
These are not big corporations with legal departments to sift through all of the regulations and resources to absorb penalties and fines that will be coming when Obamacare is fully implemented next year. These are businesses with 50 employees.
In Indiana, I am hearing from many employers that the Obamacare law already is affecting their hiring and staffing decisions. Several business owners have told me that they would like to expand and hire, but the health care law leaves them no choice, but to cut staff and hours. I recently heard from a state representative in Indiana who is concerned about how this law is going to affect school districts in his area. He says some schools are being forced to move non-teacher personnel to part-time status, affecting food service providers, teacher’s aides, bus drivers, substitute teachers, maintenance personnel and non-teacher coaches.
This is what happens when Washington jams through legislation haphazardly and against the will of the people. We need to replace Obamacare with common-sense health care reforms that will lower costs without penalizing American workers and job creators.
Dan Coats newsletter, you don't get it!.
The reason? Beginning next year, job creators will face fines of $2,000 and in some instances up to $3,000 for every full-time worker who receives subsidized coverage in the exchanges created by Obamacare if qualifying coverage isn't available in the employee’s workplace.
Unable to afford the penalties under Obamacare, employers are reducing hours so that employees can be classified as “part-time,” which the health care law defines as anyone working less than 30 hours per week.
These are not big corporations with legal departments to sift through all of the regulations and resources to absorb penalties and fines that will be coming when Obamacare is fully implemented next year. These are businesses with 50 employees.
In Indiana, I am hearing from many employers that the Obamacare law already is affecting their hiring and staffing decisions. Several business owners have told me that they would like to expand and hire, but the health care law leaves them no choice, but to cut staff and hours. I recently heard from a state representative in Indiana who is concerned about how this law is going to affect school districts in his area. He says some schools are being forced to move non-teacher personnel to part-time status, affecting food service providers, teacher’s aides, bus drivers, substitute teachers, maintenance personnel and non-teacher coaches.
This is what happens when Washington jams through legislation haphazardly and against the will of the people. We need to replace Obamacare with common-sense health care reforms that will lower costs without penalizing American workers and job creators.
Dan Coats newsletter, you don't get it!.
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